Press pad



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Patentecl Septi 2G, 1949 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE PRESS PADApplication January 19, 1948, serial No. 3,070

4 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in pads and covers for steamironers, pressing machines and mangles, and more particularly to theconstruction and utilization of a unitary cushion-type pad, composed ofvarious layers of diverse materials. The principal object of thisinvention is to prolong the period of use of the pad and to increase andfacilitate the pressing of clothes lwith a presser, employing sucha pad.

Another object of this invention is to provide a pad for a conventionalsteam press, suchas is employed in commercial dry cleaning plants, whichwill enable garments to be pressed by the steam and not by pressurethereby resulting in a high nap finish on the garment. f

Another object of this invention is to provide an inexpensive andeconomical soft cushiontype pad, composed of a number of layers ofdiverse material, which will facilltate and render more convenient thetask' of pressing since it will allow an average presser to press with asoft touch and will allow the steam to permeate through the pad and tocontact the article of clothing being pressed.

A meritorious feature of this invention resides in the provision of aunitary pad composed of an asbestos layer, a fiber glass layer, and asponge rubber layer, all joined permanently together by adhesive meansso as to form a unitary laminated pad.

These and ancillary objects and other meritorious features are attaine'dby this invention, a preferred embodiment of which is described in thefollowing specification and is shown, .by way of example only, in theaccompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the laundry ironing press, showing thepad constructed according to the principles of this invention, coveringthe pressing platen and broken away, in order to show the variousSections forming the unitary pad;

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view, taken substantially on theplane of line 2-.-2 of Figure 1, and;

Figure 3 is an enlarged fragmentary view, showing the various componentsof the pad .in broken-away Sections.

This invention relates to a unitary pad, which is adapted for employmentas a covering pad on a steam press, used in commercial laundries orcleaners, the press being particularly of the jaw motion type. which hascoactlng jaws openstationary jaw or buck and the top head convey thesteam to the work, the buck being conventionally covered by a cover,which is composed of various fabrics. However, the conventional covershave a tendency to either rot or smolder and must be replaced at shortintervals. Further, the pads tend to pack down and are not able toeffectively present an even distribution of steam to the clothes due tothe absorption of moisture by the pad. This causes a shine to beimparted to the garment and shortens the life of the garment.

It is the primary aim of this invention to provide a novelly constructedpad, which will re" main porous and will not become packed down andwhich will give an even distribution of steam, thereby enabling agarment to be pressed by steam and thereby imparting a high finish tothe garment. i

-A conventional ironing press is generally denoted by the characterreference IO and includesv estal 20 which is seated on the floor orother suitable support. The buck is adapted to convey steam to a steamconnecting pipe 24 and the head is formed with a chamber formed with agrid plate 44 on which is disposed a porous cover 42, such as muslin orthe like and through which is conveyed steam, the steam being conveyedto the head by a conduit 46.

The buck is conventionally formed of metal and has an upper wall or grid26, which has a series of perforations or apertures 30 formed thereinfor allowing the steam to pass upwardly to the work supported thereon.

This invention relates to a unitary pad, which is adapted to be placedor secured on the buck and which comprises an asbestos sheet or layer 28of a suitable contour so as to fit the elliptical contour or shape ofthe buck. 'I'he asbestos layer 28 is merely placed or laid on the gridof the buck 12, so as to cover the apertures 30 formed in the upper wallthereof.

Sultably secured to the upper surface of the asbestos section, as byadhesive or the like, and

,supported thereon is. a section of glass, such as fiber glass, whichmay be woven or spun and is ing and closing on the clothes or work. Theof asuitable helght and equal thickness throughaasaeia out. The glassinsulating layer, which is porous, supports a multi-cellular layer ofrubber material such as a Sponge or foam rubber layer, the latter beingsecured on the upper face of the glass layer by adhesive or glue of asuitable type so as to withstand the heat.

suitable means are provided to secure the pad 35 to the buck and mayinclude -a sheet or covering of suitable fabric material such as muslinor the like 38, which is wrapped around the pad and has its ends 40in'turned and secured to the bottom of 'the buck by riveting or adhesiveor the like.

The pad is thus adapted for disposition. upon the buck, into which andthrough which steam would -be admitted by means of the conduit meansassociated therewith. Thus, steam passes through the head and coveringand through the lower buck and pad and is brought into contact with thegarment l-aid on the pad.

The press, thus, does not press the garment by pressure but by steampassing through the upper headed buck. Of course, the head of themachine never stays closed for more than five seconds in any onepressing lay. The operator will shoot the steam through the bottom buckand through the pad onto the garment. After this part of the pressingoperation the operator would then depress his vacuum valve (not shown)conventionally associated with the machine, Whereby the pad would becooled below room'temperature due to the latent heat of evaporation ofthe Water.

As the buck is at 320 F., it is too hot to restthe unprotected rubberportion of the sponge pad thereon. The .asbestos cloth, therefore, onthe bottom of the pad is employed to protect the fiber glass insulatingpad from abrasive action caused by the movement of the air on the padwhen it is in operation upon the press and -also as an added insulationfor the Sponge or foam rubber top layer. Of course, ;the intermediatelayer of flber glass is the main insulating layer or member for therubbersection and protects the same from 'the intense heat of the buck.

It is felt that the unitary laminated pad, illustrated and abovedescribed, will allow rthe average presser to press with a soft touch,whereby a minimum pressure is employed and the garment is pressed by thesteam applied upon the garment, resuiting in a high nap finish on theg-arment closely approaching the finish of the .material when it wasnew.

Of course, since various other embodimen'ts may be practiced, limitationis sought only in accordance with the terms of the appended claims.

Having described the invention what is claimed as new is:

l. A umtary laminated pad for a steam heated pressing buck comprising anasbestos bottom layer adapted for disposition on the upper face of thebuck, a glass insulating layer superimposed on the asbestos layer andjoined permanently thereto. a top sponge rubber layer secured on theglass insulating layer and means to secure the pad on the bucl-r.

2. A unitary laminated pad for a heated pressing platen comprising anasbestos sheet adapted for disposition on the upper face of a platen, afiber glass insulating layer permanently superimposed on and secured tothe upper face of the asbestos sheet, a Sponge rubber layer seatedsecurely on and secured to the upper face of the glass insulating layer,said asbestos shee't and superimposed l-ayers being similarly congured.

3. For use with a pressing platen, a unitary laminated pressing padincluding an asbestos sheet adapted for disposition on the upper face ofthe platen, a fiber glass insulating layer superimposed on andpermanently secured to the asbestos sheet, a Sponge rubber layer ofsubstanitial and even thickness superimposed on the flber glassinsulatlng layer and permanently secured xthereto said sponge rubberlayer being thicker than the insulating layer and a fabric memberembracing said pad and engaged on the upper face of the resilient layer,said fabric member being secured at its opposing free ends to the underside of the plate whereby the pad is retained on the platen.

4. A unitary iaminated press pad for a pressing platen comprising anasbestos bottom layer adapted for disposition on the upper face of theplaten, a porous glass insulating layer superimposed on and joined tothe asbestos layer and a multi-oellular rubber material secured on theupper face of the glass insulating layer and adapted to receive andsupport articles to be pressed.

MELVIN GERSHON.

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